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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. The raising and lowering a pitch of an instrument to produce the correct tone of a note.
Tablature
Counterpoint
Tuning
Musette
2. Music that is written and performed without regard to any specific key.
Monotone
Grave
Rondo
Atonal
3. A 19th century square dance written for 4 couples.
Reprise
Time Signature
Quadrille
Legato
4. A canon where the melody is sung in two or more voices. After the first voice begins - the next voice starts singing after a couple of measures are played in the preceding voice. All parts repeat continuously.
Phrase
Pentatonic Scale
Round
Ostinato
5. A piece of music written for two vocalists or instrumentalists.
Grazioso
Duet
Chant
Tritone
6. A composition written for three to six voices. Beginning with the exposition - each voice enters at different times - creating counterpoint with one another.
Chord progression
Waltz
Fugue
Motif
7. Originally an improvised cadence by a soloist. Later it became a written out passage to display performance skills of an instrumentalist or performer.
Cadenza
Tempo
Motif
Atonal
8. A set of five musicians who perform a composition written for five parts.
Pitch
Castrato
Quintet
Octave
9. A symbol used in musical notation indicating to gradually quicken tempo.
Piano
Verismo
Trio
Accelerando
10. First developed in the 8th century - methods of writing music.
Rigaudon
Rigaudon
Notation
Allegro
11. A direction in sheet music indicating the tempo is to be very fast.
Virtuoso
Flat
Maestro
Presto
12. Piece of instrumental music played between scenes in a play or opera.
Vibrato
Chant
Song cycle
Interlude
13. The distance in pitch between two notes.
Dissonance
Oratorio
Interval
Chorale
14. The range of an instrumental or a vocal part.
Polyphony
Chant
Elegy
Tessitura
15. Movement in music where the characteristics are crisp and direct.
Musette
Neoclassical
Counterpoint
Septet
16. Eight full tones above the key note where the scale begins and ends.
Pizzicato
Obbligato
Sharp
Octave
17. Where the musical themes and melodies are developed - written in sonata form.
Development
Recital
Drone
Time Signature
18. A set of six musicians who perform a composition written for six parts.
Sequence
Consonance
Sextet
Resonance
19. A set of six musicians who perform a composition written for six parts.
Sextet
Intermezzo
Chorus
Concert master
20. The movement of chords in succession.
Chamber music
Counterpoint
Progression
Chorus
21. A whole note is equal to 2 half notes - 4 quarter notes - 8 eighth notes - etc.
Whole note
Suite
Monotone
Falsetto
22. The tonal characteristics determined by the relationship of the notes to the tone.
Concert master
Madrigal
Tonality
Grazioso
23. Successive notes of a key or mode either ascending or descending.
Form
Renaissance
Capriccio
Scale
24. One who directs a group of performers. The conductor indicates the tempo - phrasing - dynamics - and style by gestures and facial expressions.
Conductor
Renaissance
Tessitura
Sonata
25. A direction to play lively and fast.
Measure
Allegro
Glee
Gregorian Chant
26. The study of forms - history - science - and methods of music.
Minor
Musicology
Capriccio
Forte
27. Dull - monotonous tone such as a humming or buzzing sound. Also a bass note held under a melody.
Modes
Drone
Timbre
Tone less
28. Tone color - quality of sound that distinguishes one verse or instrument to another. It is determined by the harmonies of sound.
Libretto
Timbre
Tone less
Homophony
29. A form of Italian opera beginning at the end of the 19th century. The setting is contemporary to the composer's own time - and the characters are modeled after every day life.
Verismo
Choir
Hymn
Piano
30. A direction in sheet music indicating the tempo is to be very fast.
Presto
Baroque
Motif
Cadenza
31. A separate section of a larger composition.
Phrase
Movement
Natural
Quadrille
32. In sheet music - a symbol at the beginning of the staff defining the pitch of the notes found in that particular staff.
Theme
Clef
Whole-tone scale
Dissonance
33. Passage for the entire ensemble or orchestra without a soloist.
Tremolo
Tutti
Opus
Neoclassical
34. A quick 20th century dance written in double time.
Partita
Rigaudon
Septet
Choir
35. Unmusical - without tone.
Tone less
Fourth
Minor
Tutti
36. A contrapuntal song written for at least three voices - usually without accompaniment.
Grandioso
Fugue
Prelude
Madrigal
37. The study of forms - history - science - and methods of music.
Unison
Musicology
Pentatonic Scale
Atonal
38. The keyboard of a stringed instrument.
Galliard
Ligature
Clavier
Tutti
39. A musical form where the melody or tune is imitated by individual parts at regular intervals. The individual parts may enter at different measures and pitches. The tune may also be played at different speeds - backwards - or inverted.
Cantabile
Verismo
Pizzicato
Canon
40. Originally an improvised cadence by a soloist. Later it became a written out passage to display performance skills of an instrumentalist or performer.
Tone less
Cadenza
Tuning
Romantic
41. A glissando or portamento. Also refers to the moving part of a trombone.
Slide
Quartet
Ornaments
Gavotte
42. Elaborate polyphonic composition of the Boroque and Renaissance periods.
Etude
Ricercar
Presto
Theme
43. Either of the two octave arrangements in modern music. The modes are either major or minor.
Leading note
Modes
Accessible
Tremolo
44. A form of music written for marching in two-step time. Originally the march was used for military processions.
Temperament
Refrain
March
Modes
45. Introduction to an opera or other large musical work.
Sonatina
Overture
Tempo
Reprise
46. Written for 2 to 10 solo parts featuring one instrument to a part. Each part bears the same importance.
Instrumentation
Courante
Etude
Chamber music
47. An instruction in sheet music to play softly. Abbreviated by a 'p'.
A cappella
Harmony
Mezzo
Piano
48. Groups of tones that are harmonious when sounded together as in a chord.
Treble
Consonance
Vibrato
Chord
49. A form of music written for marching in two-step time. Originally the march was used for military processions.
Relative major and minor
March
Overture
Polyphony
50. The period of music history which dates from the mid 1800's and lasted about sixty years. There was a strong regard for order and balance.
Scordatura
Classicism
Pizzicato
Triple time